| Passed by the Senate March 6, 2007 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2007 YEAS 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5258 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/15/2007. Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to the Washington council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; and amending RCW 43.121.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 43.121.020 and 1996 c 10 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) There is established in the executive office of the governor a
Washington council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect
subject to the jurisdiction of the governor.
(2) The council shall be composed of the chairperson and
((thirteen)) fourteen other members as follows:
(a) The chairperson and six other members shall be appointed by the
governor and shall be selected for their interest and expertise in the
prevention of child abuse. A minimum of four designees by the governor
shall not be affiliated with governmental agencies. The appointments
shall be made on a geographic basis to assure statewide representation.
Members appointed by the governor shall serve for three-year terms.
Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term by appointment in the
same manner as the original appointments were made.
(b) The secretary of social and health services or the secretary's
designee, the superintendent of public instruction or the
superintendent's designee, the director of the department of early
learning or the director's designee, and the secretary of the
department of health or the secretary's designee shall serve as voting
members of the council.
(c) In addition to the members of the council, four members of the
legislature shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the
council, one from each political caucus of the house of representatives
to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one
from each political caucus of the senate to be appointed by the
president of the senate.